Predictive functional control of an expansion valve for minimizing the superheat of an evaporator

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-418

  Fallahsohi, H ^a   Changenet, C ^b   Place S ^a   Ligeret, C ^c   Lin Shi, X ^d  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Direct expansion; Energy saving; Evaporator; Refrigeration system; Superheat

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; CONTROL ENGINEERING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATORS; REFRIGERATION; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL PROPORTIONAL INTEGRALS; DIRECT EXPANSION; ELECTRONIC EXPANSION VALVES; PREDICTIVE FUNCTIONAL CONTROL; REFRIGERATING MACHINES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SUPERHEAT;

PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 74149083628     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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